The Myostatin <> Clenbuterol Connection - More Muscle, Less Fat: Is an Orphan Nuclear Receptor the Missing Link?
Image 1: Belgian Blue cattle are "naturally" myostatin negative. These beasts are 100% muscle 0% fat and though your usual clenbuterol fattened meatstock cannot compete, the heavily abused beta-2 agonist could infact work its muscle building, fat burning magic via very similar mechanisms. You have probably heard at least one of the dozens of reports on clenbuterol in pork, chicken, beef and lately sheep meat from China, haven't you? I mean, that kind of meat, innocent Tour de France competitors consume and end up with a positive doping test ;-) "Clenbuterol?", some of you may now ask themselves: "Isn't that the illegal fat burner bodybuilders use to get totally shredded in the last weeks of their contest prep?" Well, you are right, but " lean meat powder " ( CRJ. 2011 ), as our Chinese friends call it, has another, less known and hitherto not completely understood quality: Clenbuterol builds muscle! And while we did already know th...